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Paris: Video captures female suicide bomber

An exchange between Hasna Aitboulahcen and French police is captured by an onlooker just before a huge explosion tears through the Saint-Denis apartment block.

The woman had long, blonde hair, according to one witness, and had been heard pleading for help from inside the apartment, which was the focus of a furious gun battle in the early hours of Wednesday morning, local time.

"Help, help, help me!" the woman yelled out to police from inside the apartment in Saint-Denis, a witness, Christian, told Le Parisien newspaper.

"The shooting resumed. The police were firing from the roof of the building opposite. Suddenly there was an enormous explosion. It was probably the woman who blew herself up. The windows shattered. Lots of objects from the apartment were thrown into the street, pieces of human flesh as well. They are still there. You can see a bit of the head, of skin, of ribs ... "